Zhao Kuangyin was not in a hurry at first. After Cao Cao's forces were beaten so hard by Huo Qubing, they simply lacked the ability to succeed. The longer the delay, the weaker Cao Cao would be, and he might even collapse without a fight.
Now, the biggest problem faced by both Lao Cao and Chi You is the problem of food and grass. Among the two, Lao Cao faces the most serious problem in this regard.
Even if Lao Cao used the tactic of fortifying the wall and clearing the country, after plundering all the food and grass for the people of Chen County, he abandoned Chen County and left these people alone to give to Zhao Kuangyin. However, how long can the food and grass of one county be sustained? It would only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
In fact, although Zhao Kuangyin's situation is far better than that of Cao Cao and Chi You, the landlord's family also has no surplus food. While mobilizing so many troops to fight, and at the same time being thrown over by so many hungry people by Cao Cao, Zhao Kuangyin is also under great pressure at this time!
After Cao Cao plundered all the food and grass in Chen County, he directly gave up the territory and even the manpower of Chen County. So, after Zhao Kuangyin took over this county, he could not ignore the people of Chen County and let them fend for themselves.
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However, at this time, the role of high political talents is reflected.
In troubled times, those famous generals have indeed made outstanding achievements, but the most hard-working and meritorious ones are the logistics and internal affairs talents.
Whether in the Han Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, Xiao He and Li Shanchang were regarded as the first heroes by Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. They were not talents such as Han Xin and Xu Da who led the troops in the war, nor were they Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Liu Bowen, Zhu Sheng and others who made suggestions.
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After Liu Bang pacified the world, he divided the ministers among them, with Xiao He having the highest merit. He was granted the title of Marquis of Fou and took over the major counties. The generals thought that they had experienced hundreds of battles and captured cities and territories, but Xiao He had never fought in a battle and had no military exploits. He only relied on pen and ink discussions.
The credit was greater than theirs and Liu Bang was not convinced. Liu Bang compared the generals to hunting dogs with meritorious service and Xiao He to a meritorious man to persuade the generals.
Among those who were ennobled in the early Ming Dynasty were Xu Da, Chang Yuchun's son Chang Mao, Li Wenzhong, Feng Sheng, Deng Yu and Li Shanchang. Li Shanchang ranked first. He was compared to Xiao He in the edict and he was highly praised.
Han Xin, Xu Da and others have outstanding achievements, and their achievements are all visible and can be seen at a glance. However, the achievements of people like Xiao He and Li Shancheng are hidden in the invisible and are not so easy to see on the surface.
I saw it directly. But it is always the things that cannot be seen directly that are the most important.
If Xiao He had not silently provided logistics support to Liu Bang during the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, how could Liu Bang and Han Xin maintain hundreds of thousands of troops fighting in various battlefields?
Of course, they cannot lead troops like Han Xin to kill the enemy's effective forces and expand their territory. However, they are like gasoline for the engine. Without them, your car will not start!
In order to prepare a batch of grain and grass for Zhao Kuangyin, Yi Yin issued an ancient version of treasury bonds, collected grain and grass from all strata of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and issued certificates. In addition to the principal, there would also be high interest repayments.
The common people didn't have much food to spare, and Yi Yin didn't count on them. Yi Yin's real goals were still the two groups of aristocratic families and merchants.
And Yi Yin's ancient version of the national debt is quite attractive. Not only does it earn interest, but it also helps Zhao Kuangyin at this time. There is also a favor behind it. Those who have a slightly longer-term vision are not interested in the interest, but in the interest.
What is in it is the human debt hidden in it.
Yiyin relied on issuing the ancient version of national bonds to guarantee the logistics for Zhao Kuangyin to continue the battle.
Yi Yin was too powerful to help ensure logistics, and Zhao Kuangyin had enough confidence to drag out the battle. Facing Cao Cao who was seriously short of food, Zhao Kuangyin had no need to attack fiercely!
Although Lao Cao was driven crazy enough, just like Chi You, who was driven into a hurry and could use minced meat as military rations, let alone Lao Cao, he had no psychological burden at all in this regard.
However, no matter how ruthless Lao Cao is, this method of collecting military rations is obviously treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. An occasional response is okay, but can these things be used as military rations for a long time?
If this method is used for a long time, Cao Cao's troops will eventually mutiny!
However, after Guan Yu won a great victory, instead of going east to further suppress Chi You, he instead tended to go west, wanting to plunder Cao Cao's interests. How could Zhao Kuangyin endure this?
He had long regarded Cao Cao as his own, and even Chi You was temporarily kept by Liu Bei and Dou Jiande. But now Liu Bei's forces are greedy and greedy, so how can Zhao Kuangyin not be anxious?
Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin gave up his previous strategy of mainly attacking Chenliu. On the one hand, he attacked Chenliu fiercely. On the other hand, he appointed Shi Shouxin as the general and led Xie Ai, Xia Luqi, Zhang Mao, Wang Junke and other generals to divide 20,000 troops into Jiyin and then move up.
Dongjun, outflank Chen Liu.
Of course, outflanking Chen Liu was only one of the purposes. The most important purpose was to isolate Guan Yu's troops and prevent Guan Yu from really staring at Cao Cao's territory.
Liu Bei's Qing Han Dynasty had just been established. Yuan, Zhu, and Zhao all expressed their congratulations and expressed their willingness to continue to gather under the banner of the Han Dynasty to fight against the Jin army.
For the behemoth of the Jin army, as the weak side, they can only unite, and they cannot do without the banner of the Han Dynasty. As long as the banner of the Han Dynasty is there, they will not say that they will gain points in terms of justice, but at least they can fight
If you are a half-hearted person, you won't suffer in this regard.
And Liu Bei would definitely not be able to use his sword lightly against these people who gathered under the banner of the Han Dynasty, especially when dealing with rebellious people such as Chi You.
Therefore, as long as the people on both sides are not confused and Zhao Kuangyin sends troops to block Guan Yu's path and shows a strong attitude, Guan Yu has no good solution.
However, the reality is simpler than Zhao Kuangyin thought!
After all, Sun Bin is worthy of being a figure at the level of the Four Saints of Military Strategies. Although his god-level intelligence may not seem to be of much use in intrigues, when it comes to military campaigns, for others, it is a dimensionality-reducing blow.
A counter-intentional plan caused Cao Cao and Wang Mang to completely quarrel.
However, Cao Cao held Wang Mang's life and death in his hands, so no matter how unhappy Big Mac, Wang Feng and others were, they could only continue to obey Cao Cao's orders unwillingly.
The few cards in Wang Mang's hands are incomparable to Cao Cao's. He can't make a big difference in Cao Cao's hands.
Then, under the advice of Zhao Pu and Sun Bin, Zhao Kuangyin once again tried to alienate the generals whose surname was Cao.
And this hand completely pushed Cao Cao's forces into the abyss, and stabbed Cao Cao's forces hard into the body that was already scarred.
